BILL NUMBER: AB 1311	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 201.3 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1311, Cooper. Temporary services employees: wages.
   Existing law generally requires that an employee of a temporary
services employer, as defined, be paid weekly. Existing law provides
that a violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
   This bill would, with certain exceptions, make the weekly pay
requirement applicable to a security guard employed by a private
patrol operator who is a temporary services employer, as provided.
   By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 201.3 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   201.3.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
   (1) "Temporary services employer" means an employing unit that
contracts with clients or customers to supply workers to perform
services for the clients or customers and that performs all of the
following functions:
   (A) Negotiates with clients and customers for matters such as the
time and place where the services are to be provided, the type of
work, the working conditions, and the quality and price of the
services.
   (B) Determines assignments or reassignments of workers, even if
workers retain the right to refuse specific assignments.
   (C) Retains the authority to assign or reassign a worker to
another client or customer when the worker is determined unacceptable
by a specific client or customer.
   (D) Assigns or reassigns workers to perform services for clients
or customers.
   (E) Sets the rate of pay of workers, whether or not through
negotiation.
   (F) Pays workers from its own account or accounts.
   (G) Retains the right to hire and terminate workers.
   (2) "Temporary services employer" does not include any of the
following:
   (A) A bona fide nonprofit organization that provides temporary
service employees to clients.
   (B) A farm labor contractor, as defined in subdivision (b) of
Section 1682.
   (C) A garment manufacturing employer, which, for purposes of this
section, has the same meaning as "contractor," as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 2671.
   (3) "Employing unit" has the same meaning as defined in Section
135 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
   (4) "Client" and "customer" means the person with whom a temporary
services employer has a contractual relationship to provide the
services of one or more individuals employed by the temporary
services employer.
   (b) (1) (A) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) to (5),
inclusive, if an employee of a temporary services employer is
assigned to work for a client, that employee's wages are due and
payable no less frequently than weekly, regardless of when the
assignment ends, and wages for work performed during any calendar
week shall be due and payable not later than the regular payday of
the following calendar week. A temporary services employer shall be
deemed to have timely paid wages upon completion of an assignment if
wages are paid in compliance with this subdivision.
   (B) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, if an
employee of a temporary services employer in the security services
industry is a security guard who is registered pursuant to Chapter
11.5 (commencing with Section 7580) of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code, is employed by a private patrol operator licensed
pursuant to that chapter, and is assigned to work for a client, that
employee's wages are due and payable no less frequently than weekly,
regardless of when the assignment ends, and wages for work performed
during any workweek, as defined under Section 500, shall be due and
payable not later than the regular payday of the following workweek.
   (2) If an employee of a temporary services employer is assigned to
work for a client on a day-to-day basis, that employee's wages are
due and payable at the end of each day, regardless of when the
assignment ends, if each of the following occurs:
   (A) The employee reports to or assembles at the office of the
temporary services employer or other location.
   (B) The employee is dispatched to a client's worksite each day and
returns to or reports to the office of the temporary services
employer or other location upon completion of the assignment.
   (C) The employee's work is not executive, administrative, or
professional, as defined in the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare
Commission, and is not clerical.
   (3) If an employee of a temporary services employer is assigned to
work for a client engaged in a trade dispute, that employee's wages
are due and payable at the end of each day, regardless of when the
assignment ends.
   (4) If an employee of a temporary services employer is assigned to
work for a client and is discharged by the temporary services
employer or leasing employer, wages are due and payable as provided
in Section 201.
   (5) If an employee of a temporary services employer is assigned to
work for a client and quits his or her employment with the temporary
services employer, wages are due and payable as provided in Section
202.
   (6) If an employee of a temporary services employer is assigned to
work for a client for over 90 consecutive calendar days, this
section shall not apply unless the temporary services employer pays
the employee weekly in compliance with paragraph (1) of subdivision
(b).
   (c) A temporary services employer who violates this section shall
be subject to the civil penalties provided for in Section 203, and to
any other penalties available at law.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit any
rights or remedies otherwise available under state or federal law.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to prevent confusion over pay periods for temporary
employees who provide important security services that protect
persons and property in this state at the earliest possible time, it
is necessary that this act take effect immediately.